Those Azur are wonderful rifles, you can customize them to your liking. I've handled quite a few, but not shot any yet... From my French hunting buddies they feel quality is higher than with Chapuis. The designer of the Azur was part of the group that designed the Chapuis double underhook system, the UGEX way back. He left Chapuis supposedly because of disagreements about quality control and went on to help design the Azur. I've spoken on the phone with him a few times.